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Watersheds

Photograph of OK's 1500th structure, Site # 34, Finn Creek. Workmen for the Holtzen Construction Company compact sand in trench used for foundation drain. OK-4287-4.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh speaks at the dedication of Wiley Post Lake. OK-4454-1.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Jack Adair, head of the Fort Worth Emergency & Water protection (E&WP) Unit, represents Soil Conservation Service (SCS) administrator at the Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4454-10.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Maysville High School band playing at the Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4455-3.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Members of the Post family are on Smith's left. OK-4454-7.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Right foreground: Robert S. Kerr, Jr., son of the late Oklahoma Senator, and Ken Wilson, editor of the Maysville News. OK-4454-9.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh is greeted by Don Dudley, assistant director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, at Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4454-4.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of WKY cameraman, Rod Turner, photographing crowd at Wiley Post Lake dedication just prior to Lt. Governor George Nigh's departure from a helicopter. OK-4454-3.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph, Upper Washita watershed, watershed structure that has been overgrazed. OK-4238-4.
Date: July 14, 1971
Creator: Salisbury, Russell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of waershed structure showing wave action damage. Button bush has been planted on the front slope. OK-4238-6.
Date: July 14, 1971
Creator: Salisbury, Russell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK, the bid opening for Oklahoma's 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34), Finn Creek. L to R: Ross W. Hall, Robert McCarty and Erwin Leaverton. OK-418[?]5-4.
Date: April 20, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK. The bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, the Wiley Post memorial lake (site # 34). From left to right: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul hayes, Area Supervisor, Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, Soil Conservation Service (SCS); E. H. Holten, Holten Construction Company; Ray Duncan, Garvin, Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD); and Hal Baker, McClain County SWCD. OK-4195-10.
Date: April 20, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flooding, near Garvin. Damage done to county road as a result of flooding. Road was one of the better hard-surfaced rural roads in McCurtain County. OK-4499-8.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Lambech, Nickey, J
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of washed out pond dam due to improper spillway construction and heavy rain. OK-4503-11.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood water in the Little River bottom four miles northwest of Idabel. M. V. mcMullan ranch. OK-4499-3.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Lambeth, Nickey J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Engineering

Photograph of Valliant Conservation District. The County road where McKinney-Buzzard overflowed into Red Lake. OK-4503-8.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Maysville Lateral Site, B3. An aerial view from the west looking east over F. P. site # 3. The City of Maysville lies in the background. This site furnishes protection to the City of Maysville. Site constructed in 1971. OK-3734-13.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-2.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-1.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-15.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-1448-9 (?).
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-9.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Towns and Cities of Oklahoma

Photograph of City of Maysville, OK. This is an aerial view of the city of Maysville, OK. The view is from the SW of the city to the NW, looking toward Finn 34 (Maysville City lake) in the deep background. The Finn Creek site 34 dam, Oklahoma's 1500th site will furnish water for Maysville. Maysville lateral site B-5 is planned, in the lower right hand corner. It will give Maysville direct protection. OK-4446-4.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the Whitegrass Waterhole watershed: Lake at Site # 2. OK-4319-1.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Bob.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History